JimR

That concertina has been on ebay for months. Seems even those who don't know about concertinas won't pay that price.

I used to love Ian Dury's music. Alas, I don't think he played a concertina.

Perhaps your concertina caught on 'something' while putting it away.

Pythagoras, do you know about https://thesession.org/ ?

The big question is why did it pull loose? Was it already damaged, or did you rip it out?

Those look like wood screws. You could fill the hole with a sawdust and glue mixture, then redrill and rescrew.

Dang! I was going to bid on that (but I forgot).

This page at concertina.com, http://www.concertina.com/english/#butler-the-concertina-tutor has lots of good info, including Frank Butler's good English tutor. Search youtube for English concertina. You will find several good players there.

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This may not help, but I saw a video today of two young guys doing pushups. One guy did a bunch of pushups every day, the other guy did a bunch of pushups every other day, resting on the off days. At the end the guy who rested on off days was able to do more pushups. Perhaps you could design a similar regimen in your playing?

Let us not forget CNet's own Musik Bohmer playing old blues in a new way.

In space no one can hear you scream, and, as there is no air in space, no one can hear your concertina either!

Alan, I have to ask. Why the yellow dot on the right side?

Have you ever watched "Name That Tune" and see someone get the tune one one note?

You could post it here.